Seeder.



lflo. 629,342. Patented-luly 25,1899.- E. J. DODDS &. T. A. JACKSON.

' SEEDER.

(Application filed Ian. M, 1899.)

(No Iludel.)

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' .51" apperta ningassign, 18:99:: stun nainc grommet 1 1 Beitkn'own'tha't we; EDWARDJ. Debts and r THOMAS A. J 'Aonson, citizens of? the Unitedi States, residin'gf'atTPutnam, 'inithe county of Our invention relates to seeders and plant. I ers, and particularly to a seederattachment for sulky and other plows; and the-.objectin view istoprovide a'simple, compact, and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby the quantity of grain sowed may be accurately regulated. w 1

Further objects and advantages of this in vention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, v V 4 In the drawings, Figural is a perspective view of a-seeder'attachment constructed inaccordance with our invention. -Fig. '2.is a ceu-,

' tral vertical section of the same, indicating for application 'to sulkyand other plows, the

sponding .sn itable;me ans whereby'rotary motion may. 1

ings.

' The device embodying our invention is;

adapted particularly for use as an attachment movable members of the attachmentibeing adapted to receivemotion fromthe supporting wheel or axleof'the plov by means of suit able connections, which, however, form "no vidcdwith*feedopeningsQ, which are elon gated on lines-approximately concentricwith part of our invention and may be modified to suit theconstrnetionof the plow inconu'ec tion with vhich the device may be used.

In the'drawings, 1 designates a base proa-central spindle,3,-mo unted verticallyin'the base, said. spindle in] theconstrnction il'lus ,tratedbeingfitted'belowtheplane oflthe base 7 with a gear 4, to which continuousrotarymo- 7 tion in a uniform directionjmay be com m uni- 'cated, Q

Arranged upon centric with-the spindle} (which "is shoul dered, as at 5, to in'the upperjsnrface of characters indicate correhe base or bed platedcon- 97 l was Ase; JMKS NJ P TNAM;

s ten-ta plateljis .rd r uiatol 7 of w'ann u'lar construction, having a central opening 8 and, a plurality of feed openings 9,

j adapted for registration' with1 the :"feed-open ipn aia attiearnestness, e 9, 3 42;saei:u1y 25,489 3 I j i ings 2 and also elongated upon lines concenf t ric.;with said spindle. 'In practice we pref era'bly construct the feed-openings 9 and 2 of diamond shape, or tapered toward their extremities,"with the major diameter thereof dis- :posed upon said lines concentric with the spindle. The feed-regulator 7'is adapted forv rotary adjustment concentric with the spindle, audit is held centered with relation to said spindle by means of a journal boss or enlargement 10, depending from a'seed-plate 11, mounted in a countersink or depression 12 in theupperside of-the feed-regulator, and rotary motionmay be communicated from the spindle'to the seed-plate bymeans of'a squared or'angular portion 13 of said spindle, fitted in *a' squared -socket-14, formed centrally in the seedf'pla'te. Also the seed-plate is provided upon its upper side with a conical, enlargement forming a deflector ,15, a'ndthe' upper end of 'the spindle projects above therapex of said deflector and is fittedwith an agitator- 3 arm. '16" ot'any suitable eonstr'nctiom-adapted Y to traverse acircnlar pathin the hopper: l7 ,to'prevent the arching oi the grain. or, the chokingo'f the feed-openingsrand' insure a steady and uniformfeed of the material; :The disklportionfof the seed-plate 11 is provided with any suitable ,nu nxber of feed openings 18, which by thee-rotation of the plate are tbroughtsuccess'ively into registration withthe registering feed-openings 9 and'Z, formed,

respectively, in the feed-'regulatorand base V or bed'plate a v V "The feed-regulator is provided with a radial arm orexten'sion 19,- resting upon the upper surface of the base or bed plate and provided with a slot 20, con centric, with the spindie and engaged by a set-screw 21, threaded into the base, whereby said regulator may be] secured" at thefidesir'edadjustment'or with o the feed-openings ,9 thereof either rvhollyor pa'rtlyin' registration with theopenings 2 in the base.

'1 "Thedisk ortion or i s ienea -1 1 is countersunk in the upper su rfac'e of the feed- ,regulater'7 sufi'icientlyjto arrange the-up- I ,7 per surface of the former flushfwith that of the latter, and the hopper is provided with a depending collar 22, which tits snugly around the periphery of the feed-regulator, with at one side a slot or opening through which the radial extension or arm 19 projects, whereby said arm is exposed exteriorly to facilitate the manual adjustment of the regulator. Also the hopper, which may be fitted with a suitable lid 23, is contracted at its lower end to form an inwardly-inclined deflector 25, of which the lower edge rests upon the surface of the regulator contiguous to the periphery of the disk portion of the feed-plate. Thus the outward deflector 15, which is carried by the feed-plate, cooperates with the inward defiector 25, formed by the partially-closed lower end of the hopper, to leave an annular interval between the lower edges of said defiector, said interval being closed by the disk portion of the feed-plate, which'is provided with the feed-openings 18. Hence in operation the grain or seed is fed continuously to the openings 18, and the device may be operated until all of the grain in the hopper has been utilized.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 7

Having described our invention, what we claim isings, a feed-regulator mounted for rotary adjustm ent upon the base and having feed-open-- ings for registration with those of the base, means for securing said regulator at the desired adjustment, a rotary feed-plate having an annular disk portion countersunk 'in the upper portion of the feed-regulator, and provided with'feed-openings for successive registration with those of the regulator and base, means for communicating rotary motion to the feed-plate, and a hopper of which the bottom is formed by said feed-plate, substantially as specified.

2. A seeder attachment for plows, the same having a base or bed plate provided with elongated feed-openings, a feed-regulator mounted for rotary adjustment upon the base and having feed-openings for registration with those of the base, means for securing the regulator at the desired adjustment, a feed-plate having a disk portion countersunkin the upper side of the feed-regulator, and provided with feed-openings for successive registration with those of the regulator, and also having a central conical deflector, means [or communicating rotary motion to the feed-plate, and a hopper seated with its lower end contiguous to the plane of the upper surface of said feed-plate, and contracted at its lower end to form an inwardly-inclined deflectorterminating at the periphery of said'annular portion of the feed-plate, substantially as specified.

3. A-seeder attachment for plows, the same having a base or bed plate provided with feedopenings, a hopper, rising from and supported by the base, provided with a lower contracted portion forming an inward deflector, and having a depending collar, below said deflector, a feed-regulator mounted for rotary adjustment within said collar of the hopper, said feed-regulator being provided with feed-openings for registration with those of the. base, an arm ext-ending radially from the feed-regulator and provided with a slot concentric with the axis of the feed-regulator, a set-screw for securing said arm at the desired adjustment, a feed-plate having a central conical deflector and an annular disk portion countersunk in the upper surface of the feed-regulator and provided with feed-openings for successive registration with those of the regulator, and a spindle, mounted in a bearing in the base or bed plate, having an annular portion fitted in a socket in the feed-plate, and extending above the conical deflector of said feed-plate to carry an agitator-arm, substantially as specified.

. 4. A seeder attachment for plows having a revolubly-adjustable feed-regulator,provided with feed-openings, and having a recessed upper side and an open center, means for securing said regulator at the desired adjustment, a spindle extending through the open center of the regulator and provided in the plane thereof with an angular portion, and a feed-plate, fitted in said recess of the feedregulator, provided with a depending journal portion fitting in the open center of said regulator, and having feed-openings for successive registration with those of the regulator, said feed-plate having an annular central opening or socket to receive said angular portion of the spindle, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD J. DODDS. THOMAS A. JACKSON.

WVitnesses:

M. R. SURLES, D. L. JOHNSON. 

